But he said he was a little surprised. He said that he and two
other members of the "pro-family" community — the Family
Research Council's Tony Perkins and Gary Bauer of American Values
— were the only three he knew of who publicly expressed their
displeasure.

"I've had no contact with the Romney campaign. I have not made an
effort to reach out to them. They have not made an effort to
reach out to me," he said.

"I'm not aware of others that have expressed public criticism of
the hire," he added. "That's why it surprised me to hear
Grenell talk about how much pressure he was under. I
don't know where that was coming from, and I'm not even sure
that's true."

The Romney campaign said in a statement announcing the
resignation that Romney had tried to convince Grenell to
stay.

"We wanted him to stay because he had superior qualifications
for the position he was hired to fill," the statement read, in
part.

Fischer said he doesn't expect it to hurt the Romney campaign's
standing with the "pro-family" and evangelical voting bloc, both
of which are crucial support blocs.

"I think it improves his chances that evangelicals will support
him," Fischer said. "Gov. Romney strikes me as a
politician that will do the right thing if it's politically
expedient for him to do it. That's sort of the challenge
before the pro-family community — make it politically expedient
for Gov. Romney to do as many right things as possible."